Adventures in Gardening–Enjoying the Summer's Harvest!

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My adventure in gardening is still going strong! We have been enjoying the garden immensely and love planning our meals around our harvests.  I have even enjoyed learning from all my mistakes, there are many.

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A few things I plan on doing next year to improve the garden:

1.  Expanding the garden–I have the perfect space to add 3 raised 4 x 4 beds.  More beds=more veggies!

2.  Add a timed drip system. With 2 little ones I think this will keep the maintenance lower and keep me happy and the garden happy too (for those days that I forget).

3.  Keep all veggies in the square foot and not on the deck.  The deck would just get too hot for the pots and also having 2 separate zones to water proved to be challenging with my time constraints.  I will still keep all my herbs on the deck but keep all veggies in garden area.

4.  Space out my tomatoes.  I overcrowded them.

5.  Plant the cucumbers in their own space.  They had a choke hold on all the other veggies.  I will also try them out on the trellis next year.

6.  Start all of my own seedlings.  I already started stocking up on next year’s seeds. This year I waited too late and had to transplant most of the garden.

7.  Stake and trellis all plants immediately. I waited too long this year.

8.  Build the trellis higher. Obviously 5 ft was not tall enough for my big tomato plants and corn stalks.

9.  Experiment with new veggies: potatoes, squash, green/string beans, rhubarb…..and whatever else I can get my hands on!

Any other garden advice for the novice?

Overall this was an amazing experience and I look forward to keeping it up for years to come!

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